?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F4615%2F&rft.title=Impacts+of+sorghum+and+millet+research+in+West+and+Central+Africa+(WCA)+a+synthesis+and+lessons+learnt&rft.creator=Bantilan%2C+M+C+S&rft.creator=Camara%2C+Y&rft.creator=Ndjeunga%2C+J&rft.subject=Sorghum&rft.description=Agricultural+research+is+generally+accepted+as+an+important+means+of+raising+agricultural+productivity%0D%0Ain+Africa.+However%2C+compared+to+alternative+investments%2C+most+donors%2C+due+to+budgetary+constraints%2C%0D%0Aoften+consider+agricultural+research+as+being+an+expensive+activity+with+few+visible+results.+Thus%2C%0D%0Asecuring+funds+for+agricultural+research+is+no+longer+as+easy+as+it+was+in+the+past.+National+as+well+as%0D%0Ainternational+agricultural+research+institutions+are+challenged+to+answer+questions+about+the%0D%0Aeffectiveness+of+their+research+products+and+demonstrate+a+visible+socioeconomic+impact+of+new%0D%0Atechnologies.&rft.publisher=International+Crops+Research+Institute+for+the+Semi-Arid+Tropics+&rft.date=2005&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F4615%2F1%2FImpacts_of_sorghum_and_millet_research_in_West_and_Central_Africa_%2528WCA%2529_a_synthesis_and_lessons_learnt.pdf&rft.identifier=++Bantilan%2C+M+C+S+and+Camara%2C+Y+and+Ndjeunga%2C+J++(2005)+Impacts+of+sorghum+and+millet+research+in+West+and+Central+Africa+(WCA)+a+synthesis+and+lessons+learnt.++Monograph.+International+Crops+Research+Institute+for+the+Semi-Arid+Tropics+%2C+Patancheru%2C+Andhra+Pradesh%2C+India.+++++